How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government

The purpose of this volume is to help governments in their efforts to build, strengthen, and fully institutionalize their monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, not as an end in itself but in support of improved government performance-in othe...

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Main Author: Mackay, Keith
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-68512021-04-23T14:02:26Z How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government Mackay, Keith ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET DECISIONS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE M&E MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS OVERENGINEERING POLICY MAKING SOUND GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS  The purpose of this volume is to help governments in their efforts to build, strengthen, and fully institutionalize their monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, not as an end in itself but in support of improved government performance-in other words, sound governance. The volume brings together the considerable experience accumulated by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) in its longstanding program of support for governments and Bank staff in their efforts to build M&E systems. It also draws on the growing body of literature from other sources on this issue. There is currently a great deal of emphasis on results and on being able to demonstrate performance. Part one starts by focusing on exactly what M&E has to offer to governments. Part two focuses on the experience of several countries that have succeeded in building a well functioning government M&E system. Part three analyzes the lessons from building government M&E systems in these and many other countries, both developing and developed. Ways to strengthen a government M&E system are presented in Part four. Part five maps out those issues where international experience with government M&E systems is not well understood or well documented. Finally, part six provides a series of commonly asked questions on M&E and their answers. 2012-06-01T15:10:30Z 2012-06-01T15:10:30Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8507225/build-systems-support-better-government 978-0-8213-7191-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6851 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
BUDGET DECISIONS
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
M&E
MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS
OVERENGINEERING
POLICY MAKING
SOUND GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS 
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
BUDGET DECISIONS
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
M&E
MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS
OVERENGINEERING
POLICY MAKING
SOUND GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS 
Mackay, Keith
How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government
description The purpose of this volume is to help governments in their efforts to build, strengthen, and fully institutionalize their monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, not as an end in itself but in support of improved government performance-in other words, sound governance. The volume brings together the considerable experience accumulated by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) in its longstanding program of support for governments and Bank staff in their efforts to build M&E systems. It also draws on the growing body of literature from other sources on this issue. There is currently a great deal of emphasis on results and on being able to demonstrate performance. Part one starts by focusing on exactly what M&E has to offer to governments. Part two focuses on the experience of several countries that have succeeded in building a well functioning government M&E system. Part three analyzes the lessons from building government M&E systems in these and many other countries, both developing and developed. Ways to strengthen a government M&E system are presented in Part four. Part five maps out those issues where international experience with government M&E systems is not well understood or well documented. Finally, part six provides a series of commonly asked questions on M&E and their answers.
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